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February 2025 | ||
 A campaign to tackle hidden pollution11 February 2025QMUL, Presdales and Ideas Foundation partner to empower young people Young minds from Presdales School in Hertfordshire are the creative stars in an innovative new partnership between the Ideas Foundation, QMUL and Barts Health NHS Trust. This initiative combines the power of science and art, as students collaborate with renowned … [more] | ||
 Dr Mouna Chetehouna visits Saudi Arabia to promote Queen Mary's research and education11 February 2025In a demonstration of Queen Mary University of London's (QMUL) commitment to its 2030 strategy, a dedicated team from the university recently concluded a highly successful visit to Saudi Arabia. The trip, spearheaded by Miss Charlotte Murphy, The University's Regional Manager, Middle East, alongside Dr Mouna Chetehouna, SEMS Gulf … [more] | ||
 International Day of Women and Girls in Science: spotlight on our students11 February 2025This year marks ten years of International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This year, we’re highlighting some of our exceptional Undergraduate and PhD students. 1. Balvinder Dhillon Balvinder is a fourth year Biomedical Engineering MEng student from Malaysia. During her time here she has been president of … [more] | ||
 Dr Rehan Shah delivers mathematics masterclass to Year 12 A-Level students8 February 2025Dr Rehan Shah delivered an enthralling Mathematics Masterclass on 'Heuristic Reasoning and the Art of Problem-Solving' to a class of Year 12 A-Level Mathematics students from the Mulberry School for Girls in East London as part of their STEM Academic Masterclass series on Wed 8 January 2025. As part of this Outreach initiative, … [more] | ||
 Dr Rehan Shah awarded LMS and Heilbronn Institute grant for Levelling Up Maths event4 February 2025Dr Rehan Shah has been awarded an Inclusion and Diversity grant by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research for organising a one-day diversity showcase event in July 2025 for the newly launched Levelling Up Mathematics for Engineering programme due to start in March 2025, which he … [more] | ||
 Reestablishment of the strategic partnership between QMUL and Chulalongkorn University started in 19883 February 2025On Thursday 16th January 2025, delegates from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) led by Professor Wen Wang FREng, Vice Principal for Science and Engineering, were warmly received by Lecturer Siratach Sirichumsang, Vice Director of the Office of Registry, Chulalongkorn University and QMUL Alumnus. We thank him for his hospitality and … [more] | ||
January 2025 | ||
 UK-Thailand ISPF Strategic Project in Science and Engineering leads to three new signed partnership agreements in Thailand31 January 2025Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) currently welcomes more than 130 students from Thailand every year. Most of these are postgraduate students looking to further their expertise at a UK university, and around 10-15 of these students are funded by Royal Thai Government Scholarships. QMUL was recently awarded strategic funding from … [more] | ||
 Undergraduate students visit 3M's Innovation Centre30 January 2025On Tuesday 21st January undergraduate SEMS students visited the 3M UK head office in Bracknell. 3M are a science-based technology company that is committed to improving lives and doing business in the right way - they have been listed as a World's Most Ethical Company for nine years in … [more] | ||
 SEMS academic awarded prestigious Foresight Fellowship to drive space technology innovation30 January 2025Dr Angadh Nanjangud, Lecturer in Spacecraft Engineering at Queen Mary's School of Engineering and Materials Science, has been selected as a Foresight Fellow in the space technology track. The fellowship, awarded by the Foresight Institute - a pioneering organisation founded in 1986 to advance beneficial high-impact technologies - recognises emerging … [more] | ||
 Undergraduate Engineering students present at AIAA SciTech Conference in Orlando, Florida27 January 2025A group of 3rd and 4th year aerospace and mechanical engineering undergraduate students presented their project in person at the AIAA SciTech Conference in Orlando this January. Their participation followed their first-place win at the AIAA Regional Student Conference, held in Melbourne, Australia, last November. The visit was jointly supported … [more] | ||
Dr Rehan Shah selected to be a QMUL CPE Engagement Champion and appointed member of IMA London Branch Committee and Early Career Mathematicians Committee24 January 2025Dr Rehan Shah (SEMS) has been selected as a Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Engagement Champion by the Centre for Public Engagement (CPE) for his lead role on a QMUL-CPE funded community engagement project in 2024 titled 'Locating communities in community-based learning: empowering local community groups in university-community partnerships', which … [more] | ||
 Two students accepted onto European Space Agency workshop21 January 2025Ahmed Yar Fakhri and Jhonatan Andres Andino Rivera, both MEng Aerospace Engineering students on the CubeSat Project group supervised by Dr Ranjan Vepa, were accepted onto a prestigious weekend-long workshop with the European Space Agency (ESA). They submitted their application based on their project titled Project DigiCube Design and Implementation … [more] | ||
 SEMS researcher wins prestigious Postdoctoral Researcher Medal20 January 2025The British Society for Cell Biology’s (BSCB) Postdoctoral Researcher Medal is awarded to one early career researcher who has made a major contribution to cell biology during their training in the UK or Ireland. This year’s winner is Queen Mary’s Dr Pamela Swiatlowska. Dr … [more] | ||
 Dr Folashade A. Taiwo's collaboration published in Handbook for Engineering Ethics Teaching17 January 2025Dr Folashade A. Taiwo's work on ethics in education has been featured in a new book, The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education. Written alongside her collaborators Professor Emanuela Tilley from UCL, Professor Nienke Nieveen from Eindhoven University of Technology and Dr Christina Boshuijzen van Burken from the … [more] | ||
 Two Aerospace Engineering students selected for prestigious ESA Academy workshops16 January 2025Queen Mary School of Engineering and Materials Science aerospace engineering students Joost Hubbard (MEng) and Mitansh Choksi (MEng) have been selected to participate in specialized ESA Academy workshops, building on their strong academic foundations in spacecraft dynamics and computational engineering. The students, who previously contributed to developing interactive digital textbooks … [more] | ||
 Advanced drinking water purification equipment installed14 January 2025In December 2024, as part of a fruitful ongoing relationship with Waternet in Amsterdam, major advanced drinking water purification equipment was installed at the School of Engineering and Materials Science. A team from Waternet travelled from Amsterdam to Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) to install the equipment. Waternet is the … [more] | ||
 SEMS students to showcase work at national conferences13 January 2025Seven SEMS undergraduate students have had their education research projects under the supervision of Dr Rehan Shah selected to represent Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and accepted for presentation at two national student conferences to be held at the University of Westminster in February 2025. Five students have been selected … [more] | ||
 SEMS students win QMUL SEED award for creating interactive online textbooks10 January 2025Queen Mary School of Engineering and Materials Science aerospace engineering students Joost Hubbard (MEng), Emmanuel Ehimeme Airiofolo and Noah Leigh (third-year BEng) have been successful in securing the Student Enhanced Engagement and Development (SEED) Award from the Queen Mary Academy for their significant contributions as student research assistants on co-creational … [more] | ||
 DICE students celebrate ten years of Hackmasters8 January 2025Students from the Design Innovation and Creative Engineering programme were invited to celebrate ten years of Hackmasters, taking part in their 10X Innovation Hack. Taking place at The Ministry in Borough on 14th and 15th November, the event was a hands-on exploration of the challenges and opportunities in these evolving … [more] | ||
 Centre for Undergraduate Research Team participate in CRISPR VIP Symposium6 January 2025A notable contingent of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR) Team has participated in the CRISPR VIP Symposium, an event organized by QMCUR’s external partners, Gene Editors of the Future, at the University of Westminster. The symposium was held on Friday 13th December 2024 in the historical … [more] | ||
 Prof Hazel Screen’s group lends helping hand to Royal Institution Christmas Lecture1 January 2025First broadcast in 1936, the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are the oldest running science television programme. Broadcast every year at Christmas time, they have become a festive tradition, presenting science in an exciting, fun and easily digestible way (pun intended). This year, the lectures are all about the revolutionary science inside … [more] | ||